Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Take a look at the 1963 'Billboard' album charts, and right there alongside the hit releases by Andy Williams, Peter, Paul & Mary and Allan Sherman are not one, not two, but 'three' charting albums from U.S. military bands, all of which peaked during the month of June! Can you imagine the same thing happening today? Not even in our most patriotic moments would a military band crack the charts these days! But with this release, we harken back to a time when ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Take a look at the 1963 'Billboard' album charts, and right there alongside the hit releases by Andy Williams, Peter, Paul & Mary and Allan Sherman are not one, not two, but 'three' charting albums from U.S. military bands, all of which peaked during the month of June! Can you imagine the same thing happening today? Not even in our most patriotic moments would a military band crack the charts these days! But with this release, we harken back to a time when ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Having orchestrated Gershwin's piano works (at the request of Gershwin's family), numerous Grieg songs, and more recently a symphonic synthesis of Janacek's The Makropulos Case, Jose Serebrier compiled a sequence of orchestral interludes from Bizet's Carmen to try to extend its magic to the concert hall. Carmen Symphony, unlike the well-known Carmen Suites, follows the thread of the opera. Serebrier has always been fascinated my the music of the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas, and Mexican Dance is his homage to this original composer. ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Having orchestrated Gershwin's piano works (at the request of Gershwin's family), numerous Grieg songs, and more recently a symphonic synthesis of Janacek's The Makropulos Case, Jose Serebrier compiled a sequence of orchestral interludes from Bizet's Carmen to try to extend its magic to the concert hall. Carmen Symphony, unlike the well-known Carmen Suites, follows the thread of the opera. Serebrier has always been fascinated my the music of the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas, and Mexican Dance is his homage to this original composer. ...
Editorial Product Review: :The United States Marine Band has been part of the events that have shaped our national heritage for more than two centuries. This album, Live in Concert, is a representation of what would be heard at a typical United States Marine Band concert. The album contains many important works including 'Moorside March from A Moorside Suite', 'Postlude in F' and three movements from 'English Folk Song Suite'. The United States Marine Band, led on this album by Colonel Timothy W. Foley, plays each piece ...
Editorial Product Review: :Grand fantasie from Die Walkure / Richard Wagner ; arr. by Arthur Seidel (14:59) -- Overture to William Tell / Gioachino Rossini ; arr. for harmoniemusik by Wenzel Sedlak (11:01) -- Ballet music from Le Cid / Jules Massenet ; transcribed by Verne Reynolds. (16:42). Castillane (2:43). Andalouse (2:09). Aragonaise (1:40). Aubade (1:17). Catalane (2:47). Madrilene (2:57). Navarraise (3:08) -- 'Regina Coeli' from Cavalleria rusticana / Pietro Mascagni ; transcribed by Carl Ruggles ; ed. by Donald Patterson (3:39) -- Intermezzo from La ...
Editorial Product Review: :Grand fantasie from Die Walkure / Richard Wagner ; arr. by Arthur Seidel (14:59) -- Overture to William Tell / Gioachino Rossini ; arr. for harmoniemusik by Wenzel Sedlak (11:01) -- Ballet music from Le Cid / Jules Massenet ; transcribed by Verne Reynolds. (16:42). Castillane (2:43). Andalouse (2:09). Aragonaise (1:40). Aubade (1:17). Catalane (2:47). Madrilene (2:57). Navarraise (3:08) -- 'Regina Coeli' from Cavalleria rusticana / Pietro Mascagni ; transcribed by Carl Ruggles ; ed. by Donald Patterson (3:39) -- Intermezzo from La ...
Editorial Product Review: :Director's Choice is a fantastic album recorded by The United States Marine Band in 1995 at George mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Today's Marine Band is comprised of 143 of the nation's finest musicians, and this album is a testament to this. Each piece on this album is played beautifully and with great attention to detail, as directed by Colonel John R Bourgeois. As a Director of the United States Marine Band, Colonel Bourgeois is musical advisor to the White House. Each piece on ...
Editorial Product Review: :John Philip Sousa got his humble beginning in the band world as Marine, so it is appropriate that this tribute to his work and service be title Semper Fidelis. The world will long remember John Philip Sousa as the 'March King', which would not be possible without the opportunities afforded him by the United States Marine Band. Sousa's performances of his own music were very unique, which created the 'Sousa Sound'. The Marine Band has been recording this sound and Sousa's music since late ...
